Centunculus.] PRIMULACEJE. 265 



Capsule globose, bursting transversely, many-seeded. Seeds peltate. — 

 Distrib. Europe, Asia, America ; species 3. • — Etym. doubtful. 



C. minimus, L. ; glabrous, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. 

 Wet turfy and sandy places, local, from Inverness and Elgin southd. ; rare in 

 Ireland ; fl. June-Oct.— Stem 1-3 in., branched from below. Leaves yo~5 in., 

 very shortly petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers numerous, white 

 or pink, homogamous. Sepals lanceolate, longer than the erect usually 

 4-lobed corolla. Filaments naked. Capsule mucronate. Seeds 3-gonous, 

 testa areolate. — Distrib. Europe (excl. Greece, Turkey), Azores, Siberia, 

 Andes, Brazil, Australia. 



6. ANAGAL'LIS, Tournef. Pimpernel. 



Slender annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, quite entire. 

 Flowers on axillary 1-fld. peduncles, ebracteate, red or blue, rarely white. 

 Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate or funnel-shaped, 5-partite. Stamens 5, 

 on the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform, villous. Ovary globose ; 

 style simple, stigma obtuse ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule globose, 

 bursting transversely, many-seeded. Seeds plano-convex, peltate. — Dis- 

 trib. Europe, temp. Asia, N. Africa, S. America ; species 12. — Etym. 

 The Greek name. 



1. A. arven'sis, L. ; annual, erect or procumbent, leaves sessile ovate 

 or lanceolate dotted beneath, sepals almost equalling the rotate corolla. 

 Poor Man's Weather-glass, Scarlet Pimpernel. 



Fields and waste places, Elgin southd., rare or absent in W. Scotland ; 

 Ireland; Channel Islands; (a colonist, Wats.); fl. ;May-Oct.— Glabrous, 

 glandular-dotted. Stem 6-18 in., branched from the base, 4-angled ; branches 

 ascending. Leaves \-\\ in., rarely in whorls of 3-4, sometimes cordate, acute. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., slender, erect in flower, decurved in fruit. Flowers 

 homogamous. Sepals narrow, acuminate. Corolla J- § in. diam., opening in 

 clear weather, lobes often ciliate. Capsule size of a small pea. Seeds 

 3-gonous.— Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, India; introd. in 

 many countries. 



A. arven'sis proper (A. phosnie'ea, Lamk.) ; corolla scarlet rarely pink, or 

 white with a purple eye (vax.pal'lida), lobes usually glandular-ciliate.— Var. 

 A. caru'lea, Schreb. ; more erect, corolla bright blue, lobes rarely ciliate. 

 Rare. 



2. A. tenel'la, L. ; perennial, creeping, leaves shortly petioled broadly 

 ovate or orbicular not dotted, sepals much shorter than the funnel-shaped 



)rolla. Bog Pimpernel. 



[arshes and wet meadows, N. to Shetland; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. 

 July-Aug.— Glabrous, rather succulent. Stems 3-4 in., 4-angled. Leaves 

 |-| in. bifarious, opposite or subopposite. Peduncles 1-2 in., rather stout. 

 Sepals linear-subulate. Corolla § in. diam., rosy with dark veins. Filaments 

 united at the base. Capsule very small. Seeds as in A. arven'sis. — Distrib. 

 From Belgium southd., E Siberia, N. Africa, temp. S. Africa. 



